1999-00 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Records
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Vball_M (99-00 New) 11/28/00 11:39 AM Page 329 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE 32 9 Vol l e y b a l l NA TIONAL COLLEGIATE 2000 Championship Hi g h l i g h t s A Volleyball Dynasty: The UCLA Bruins were in hot pursuit of their 18th NCAA title May 6 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. They did not disappoint. UCLA swept Ohio State 15-8, 15-10, 17-15 to claim yet another National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship. Four-time All-America setter Brandon Taliaferro quarterbacked a potent Bruin offense that produced a .459 hitting percentage for the match. Senior Evan Thatcher pounded down a match-high 25 kills against the Buckeyes while four of his teammates also had kill totals in double figures. Ohio State’s scoring trio of Chris Fash (21 kills), Pieter Olree (17 kills) and Colin McMillian (15 kills) helped the Buckeyes take a 13-8 lead in the third game. But Taliaferro and Thatcher orchestrated a comeback that put the Bruins back on top and on the winner’s stand. En route to the finals, Ohio State defeated Pepperdine 17-15, 15-9, 15-10 and UCLA downed the Penn State Nittany Lions 15-11, 15-8, 15-10. All-Tournament Team: Taliaferro, Thatcher and Seth Burnham for Brandon Taliaferro set the UCLA Bruins on the path to victory during the UCLA and Angel Aja, Fash and McMillan for Ohio State. Taliaferro was 2000 NCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship. The Bruins defeated Ohio also named the most outstanding player of the tournament. State 15-8, 15-10, 17-15. TOURNAMENT PERCENTAGE LEADERS Player, Team KE TA *P c t . SA DG BS Seth Burnham, UCLA.. 25 4 36 .5 8 3 2 6 2 Rene Esteves, Ohio St. .. 27 4 42 .5 4 8 2 1 1 Scott Morrow, UCLA .. 20 4 31 .5 1 6 0 3 1 Colin McMillan, Ohio St. .. 26 1 50 .5 0 0 0 4 0 Evan Thatcher, UCLA .. 41 6 75 .4 6 7 0 14 1 Brandon Taliaferro, UCLA.. 12 3 20 .4 5 0 7 11 2 Andre Breuer, Pepperdine .. 23 5 42 .4 2 9 2 5 1 Chris Fash, Ohio St. .. 42 13 78 .3 7 2 1 10 0 Zeljko Kollesar, Penn St. .. 15 6 28 .3 2 1 1 4 0 Matt Komer, UCLA.. 16 6 33 .3 0 3 0 9 1 LEGEND: K (kills), E (errors), TA (total attempts), SA (service aces), DG (digs), BS (block so l o s ) . *Percentage is derived by subtracting errors from kills and dividing that remainder by total attempts. Minimum of 20 attempts to qualify. Vball_M (99-00 New) 11/28/00 11:39 AM Page 330 33 0 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Ohio St. .. .1 7 15 15 FI N A L S Re s u l t s Pe p p e r d i n e. .1 5 9 10 AT IU-PU /FT.WAYNE MAY 4 MAY 6 SE M I F I N A L S UC L A KE TA Pc t . SA DG BS Ohio State K E TA Pc t . SA DG BS AT IU-PU/FT. WAYNE Seth Burnham .. 11 2 16 .5 6 2 1 2 2 Jose Rivera .. 9 5 22 .1 8 2 0 12 0 Brandon Taliaferro . 4 2 7 .2 8 6 4 4 0 Angel Aja .. 6 1 9 .5 5 6 0 8 1 MAY 4 Mark Williams.. 12 4 23 .3 4 8 3 6 0 Ohio St. K E TA Pc t . SA DG BS Rene Esteves.. 15 2 23 .5 6 5 0 0 0 Evan Thatcher.. 16 3 28 .4 6 4 0 10 1 Jose Rivera .. 9 2 22 .3 1 8 0 14 0 Chris Fash .. 21 8 45 .2 8 9 1 7 0 Angel Aja .. 4 1 5 .6 0 0 0 9 0 Scott Morrow.. 8 2 15 .4 0 0 0 2 0 Pieter Olree .. 17 11 37 .1 6 2 1 8 0 Rene Esteves.. 12 2 19 .5 2 6 2 1 1 Matt Komer .. 3 3 9 .0 0 0 0 2 1 Colin McMillan.. 15 0 27 .5 5 6 0 2 0 Chris Fash .. 21 5 33 .4 8 5 0 3 0 Matt Davis.. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 5 0 Tom Trantow .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Pieter Olree.. 20 10 39 .2 5 6 0 4 0 Cameron Mount .. 9 3 14 .4 2 9 0 1 0 Todd Hill .. 0 1 1 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Colin McMillan.. 11 1 23 .4 3 5 0 2 0 Ed Ratledge.. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Ross McLain .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 6 0 Tom Trantow .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 To t a l s. 63 19 11 2 .3 9 3 8 32 4 Mark Lehman .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Todd Hill .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Penn St. K E TA Pc t . SA DG BS To t a l s. 83 28 16 4 .3 3 5 2 43 1 Ross McLain .. 0 0 2 .0 0 0 0 7 0 Dan Hoechst.. 5 1 11 .3 6 4 1 2 0 UC L A KE TA Pc t . SA DG BS Mark Lehman .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Whitescarver 6 1 12 .4 1 7 0 0 2 Seth Burnham .. 14 2 20 .6 0 0 1 4 0 To t a l s. 77 21 14 3 .3 9 2 2 40 1 Jose Quinones .. 4 3 7 .1 4 3 0 6 0 Brandon Taliaferro . 8 1 13 .5 3 8 3 7 2 Pe p p e r d i n e KE TA Pc t . SA DG BS Carlos Guerra .. 17 8 35 .2 5 7 1 2 1 Mark Williams.. 10 4 26 .2 3 1 3 9 0 Keith Barnett.. 20 14 38 .1 5 8 1 10 0 Eric Houston.. 7 5 21 .0 9 5 3 4 0 Evan Thatcher.. 25 3 47 .4 6 8 0 4 0 Donny Killian.. 9 2 17 .4 1 2 1 3 0 Zeljko Kollesar.. 15 6 28 .3 2 1 1 4 0 Scott Morrow.. 12 2 16 .6 2 5 0 1 1 Brad Keenan .. 5 3 16 .1 2 5 1 0 0 Kevin Hodge .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Komer .. 13 3 24 .4 1 7 0 7 0 Kurt Nelson .. 2 2 7 .0 0 0 0 4 0 Zach Slenker .. 2 0 3 .6 6 7 0 0 0 Matt Davis.. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 9 0 Andre Breuer.. 23 5 42 .4 2 9 2 5 1 Jason Hawkins.. 1 0 2 .5 0 0 0 0 1 Cameron Mount .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Wong.. 13 5 31 .2 5 8 2 8 1 Steve Aird .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 7 0 Ed Ratledge.. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1 1 0 Erik Koenig.. 0 0 1 .0 0 0 0 10 0 To t a l s. 57 24 11 9 .2 7 7 6 25 4 Tim O’Connell .. 2 1 3 .3 3 3 0 0 1 To t a l s. 82 15 14 6 .4 5 9 8 42 3 Chris Van Reusen.. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 Penn St. .. .1 1 8 10 Ohio St. .. 8 10 15 To t a l s. 74 32 15 5 .2 7 1 7 40 3 UC L A. .1 5 15 15 UC L A. .1 5 15 17 Hi s t o r y Team Results Ch a m p i o n s h i p Ch a m p i o n s h i p Ye a r Champion (Record) Co a c h Sc o r e Ru n n e r - U p Host or Site Match Attendance Total Attendance 1 9 7 0. UCLA (24-1) Al Scates 3- 0 Long Beach St. UC L A — — 1 9 7 1. UCLA (29-1) Al Scates 3- 0 UC Santa Barb. UC L A — — 19 7 2. .. .. .. UCLA (27-7) Al Scates 3- 2 San Diego St. Ball St. — — 1 9 7 3. San Diego St. (21-5) Jack Henn 3- 1 Long Beach St. San Diego St. 7, 7 6 2 13 , 4 1 2 1 9 7 4. .. .. .. UCLA (30-5) Al Scates 3- 2 UC Santa Barb. UC Santa Barb. 3, 0 0 0 4, 8 4 2 1 97 5. .. .. .. UCLA (27-8) Al Scates 3- 1 UC Santa Barb. UC L A 8, 0 0 0 11 , 5 0 0 1 9 7 6.. .. .. .. UCLA (15-2) Al Scates 3- 0 Pe p p e r d i n e Ball St. 4, 1 4 0 5, 5 1 4 1 9 7 7. .. .. .. Southern California (18-1) Ernie Hix 3- 1 Ohio St. UC L A 4, 5 0 0 5, 1 5 2 1 9 7 8. Pepperdine (21-4) Marv Dunphy 3- 2 UC L A Ohio St. 4, 7 5 6 7, 4 1 5 1 9 7 9.. .. .. .. UCLA (30-0) Al Scates 3- 1 Southern California UC L A 6, 1 0 0 6, 8 7 0 1 9 8 0.